diff --git a/p2p/boost b/p2p/boost
index da041154c..ad09f667e 160000
--- a/p2p/boost
+++ b/p2p/boost
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit da041154c6bac1a4aa98254a7d6819059e8ac0b0
+Subproject commit ad09f667e61e18f5c31590941e748ac38e5a81bf
diff --git a/p2p/source/load.cpp b/p2p/source/load.cpp
index 8c7f42b5a..c0de53b0a 100644
--- a/p2p/source/load.cpp
+++ b/p2p/source/load.cpp
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@
 #include <winsock2.h>
 #endif
 
+#include <fstream>
+
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 
-#include <boost/filesystem/string_file.hpp>
-
 #include "syscall.hpp"
 
 namespace orc {
@@ -42,28 +42,37 @@ void Create(const std::string &path) {
 #endif
 }
 
-void Delete(const std::string &file) {
-    orc_syscall(unlink(file.c_str()));
+void Delete(const std::string &path) {
+    orc_syscall(unlink(path.c_str()));
 }
 
 bool Exists(const std::string &path) {
     return orc_syscall(access(path.c_str(), F_OK), ENOENT) == 0;
 }
 
-uint64_t Modified(const std::string &file) {
+uint64_t Modified(const std::string &path) {
     struct stat info{};
-    orc_syscall(stat(file.c_str(), &info));
+    orc_syscall(stat(path.c_str(), &info));
     return info.st_mtime;
 }
 
-std::string Load(const std::string &file) { orc_block({
+std::string Load(const std::string &path) { orc_block({
+    std::ifstream file;
+    file.exceptions(std::ifstream::failbit | std::ifstream::badbit);
+    file.open(path, std::ios::binary);
+    file.seekg(0, std::ios::end);
     std::string data;
-    boost::filesystem::load_string_file(file, data);
+    data.resize(file.tellg());
+    file.seekg(0, std::ios::beg);
+    file.read(data.data(), data.size());
     return data;
-}, "loading from " << file); }
-
-void Save(const std::string &file, const std::string &data) { orc_block({
-    boost::filesystem::save_string_file(file, data);
-}, "saving to " << file); }
+}, "loading from " << path); }
+
+void Save(const std::string &path, const std::string &data) { orc_block({
+    std::ofstream file;
+    file.exceptions(std::ofstream::failbit | std::ofstream::badbit);
+    file.open(path, std::ios::binary);
+    file.write(data.data(), data.size());
+}, "saving to " << path); }
 
 }
diff --git a/p2p/source/load.hpp b/p2p/source/load.hpp
index 5d39f8ec1..59a1ed442 100644
--- a/p2p/source/load.hpp
+++ b/p2p/source/load.hpp
@@ -28,13 +28,13 @@
 namespace orc {
 
 void Create(const std::string &path);
-void Delete(const std::string &file);
+void Delete(const std::string &path);
 
 bool Exists(const std::string &path);
-uint64_t Modified(const std::string &file);
+uint64_t Modified(const std::string &path);
 
-std::string Load(const std::string &file);
-void Save(const std::string &file, const std::string &data);
+std::string Load(const std::string &path);
+void Save(const std::string &path, const std::string &data);
 
 }